The House of Karađorđević or Karađorđević dynasty is the name of the former ruling Serbian and deposed Yugoslav royal family.
Great Pavilion Arms of the House of Karađorđević
Oplenac is the mausoleum of the Karađorđević dynasty
Image: Karađorđe Petrović, by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1816
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The Kingdom of Serbia was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Principality was ruled by the Obrenović dynasty. The Principality, under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire, de facto achieved full independence when the very last Ottoman troops left Belgrade in 1867. The Congress of Berlin in 1878 recognized the formal independence of the Principality of Serbia, and in its composition Nišava, Pirot, Toplica and Vranje districts entered the South part of Serbia.
King Milan I of Serbia
Peter I after his coronation on September 21, 1904
Image: Belgrade LCCN2014696840
Image: Velosipedska trka vo Bitola